China Synopsis
“No Sesame. All street.”
In a world where human beings and puppets live together, when the members of the cast of a children's television show aired during the 1990s begin to get murdered one by one, puppet Phil Philips, a former LAPD detective who fell in disgrace and turned into a private eye, takes on the case at the request of his old boss in order to assist detective Edwards, who was his partner in the past.
The 2017–2019 China Window
248 China films released in this three-year window, ranked here by audience rating. The Happytime Murders sits at position #218.
Other Titles From STX Films
The 2010s China Landscape
Catalog density by release year in the 2010s. Highlighted year (yellow) is when The Happytime Murders premiered. 515 total titles in this decade from China.
Budget & Box Office Efficiency
At a 1h 31m runtime, production spent $440K per minute on screen and earned $302K per minute back.
Reception Benchmarks
Ranked #783 of 946 China films indexed here (17th percentile by TMDB audience score).
Rating is -1.0 points below the China average of 6.7/10.
Among China Action productions specifically: #248 of 319 (top 78%).
Production Details
| Primary Country | China |
|---|---|
| All Production Countries | China, United States of America |
| Original Language | En |
| Production Companies | STX Films, Black Bear Pictures, Henson Alternative, Huayi Brothers Pictures, On the Day |
| Runtime | 1h 31m |
| Release Date | August 22, 2018 |
| IMDb | tt1308728 |
| Official Site | www.thehappytimemurders.movie |